Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary Veteran Welsh Labour MP who served for more than 40 years and became attorney general in the late 1990s The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023
Kinnock's Brexit warning to Starmer over EU Single Market and economic pledge The former Labour leader issued a warning to the current incumbent over meeting his economic vow while remaining outside the Single Market and Customs Union Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023
Labour peer Jan Royall: ‘Girlguiding taught me girls can do anything’ Royall says organisation helped her face challenges as a woman in male-dominated 1980s politics The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023
OPINION - Keir Starmer U-turns on axing university tuition fees On the face of it, Tuesday has been another red letter day for intergenerational unfairness. New data from estate agency Savills finds that the over-50s now own more than three-quarters of the nation’s property wealth. At the same time, the man favoured to be the next prime minister has U-turned… Evening Standard · May 2, 2023
Neil Kinnock warns Tory 'levelling-up' plan 'more like flattening down' in brutal attack The former Labour leader accused the Conservatives of failing the UK's nations and regions in a report from the Centre think tank demanding more devolution Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023
Keir Starmer: four lessons from history for an opposition trying to be the 'government-in-waiting' Labour’s Keir Starmer has one inestimable quality in leading a government-in-waiting a year out from a general election: a consistent 20-point lead in opinion polls. The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023
‘We needed a massive amount of resilience’: the female Labour MPs from the class of ’87 At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023
For the record Jeremy Corbyn | Neil Kinnock | InstaVolt | Polina Minenko | Bury New Road, Manchester The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023
The starry-eyed search for a Brexit silver lining Letters: Neil Kinnock and Simon Price respond to an article by Larry Elliott which argued that a benefit of Brexit is that UK firms will have to invest in machinery to boost productivity The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
Hugh Hudson: smash-hit pop classic Chariots of Fire director was a hero of British film Hudson brought an ad-man’s eye to the brilliant 1981 drama about athletics and bigotry, as well as directing the hilarious Cinzano commercials The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023
'No one wants to see kids miss more school but striking teachers NEED to be heard' The Voice of the Mirror says the Tories have exploited and undervalued teachers after years of plummeting wages, and strikes must lead to meaningful negotiations Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023
Public warned to ‘take no risks’ as NHS strikes hit Neil Kinnock understood that Labour was about to lose – and lose big. But two days before the 1983 general election, the then shadow education secretary (with sights on higher office) delivered, politics aside, one of the finest pieces of oratory by any British politician since the war. Speaking from… Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022
Ed Balls warns Sir Keir Starmer not to make Neil Kinnock’s 1992 mistakes of early big election promises Former Cabinet minister says that the next general election is ‘Labour’s to lose’ Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022
The Tories’ bungled Brexit has cost us billions. It’s time to make that clear Letters: Neil Kinnock says pointing out the harm done by Brexit is public service information, not ‘remoaning’. Plus letters from John Bailey, Pauline Caldwell and Nicolas Baby The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022 Starmer quotes famous Kinnock put-down in attack on Tories’ ‘grotesque chaos’ The Labour has accused Prime Minister Liz Truss of clinging to power.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022 Keir Starmer, if you really believe in a Labour government, tell us why we should believe in it too With Truss fuelling poverty and inequality, Starmer needs to show he’s ready for a titanic battle, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022 Handbagged review – sparks fly at the Queen’s audiences with the Iron Lady Moira Buffini’s clever political comedy returns, educating a new generation on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy through her weekly encounters with the monarch
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022 Labour should be winning – but this Tory leadership circus is drowning Starmer out Compared with the novelty of a new Conservative premier, the no-frills Labour leader is failing to show he is a fresher option, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022 Keir Starmer: what Labour leader could learn from Neil Kinnock to capitalise on Boris Johnson's woes Although prime minister Boris Johnson is suffering a potentially career-ending crisis after only narrowly surviving a confidence vote in his leadership, his struggles don’t necessarily appear to be translating into a surge for the Labour opposition.
Wales Online · May 18, 2022 'She is ceasing to be the person she was' Neil Kinnock's poignant honesty on his wife's Alzheimer's diagnosis Glenys Kinnock, a former MEP, was diagnosed in 2016
Wales Online · May 18, 2022 Man 'selling eggs' for £10 each outside Margaret Thatcher statue Neil Kinnock has called for the statue to be 'respected'
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022 Labour faces an open goal in this week’s local elections. It mustn’t miss At the moment, you might ask how Keir Starmer’s party could possibly fail. Yet things may not be quite so simple, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2022 Keir Starmer the grownup needs to rediscover the radical youth he once was The Labour leader hopes his sober, moderate image will take him to No 10. But a nation in need of change demands more of him, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2022 ‘A PhD in my brother’: Valerie Biden Owens on the Joe she knows In her newly published memoir, Growing Up Biden, the president’s sister pays tribute in a moving portrait of sibling love
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022 Brittle With Relics by Richard King; Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales – reviews A gritty oral history and a vibrant set of essays examine Wales’s past and its renewed sense of purpose, sparked by a new generation of Welsh speakers